Crucible: The President's First Year

Book Overview

Is the presidency a position one must learn on the job, or can one learn from others' experience? No common thread runs through the list of forty-five presidents; no playbook provides the answers to all the challenges a president will face. Yet even in the most unprecedented situations, history can be instructive. Drawn from the Miller Center's First Year project--which seeks to provide a historical framework to guide future presidents and their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813941989
• ISBN13: 9780813941981
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher